$2M Prize Pool Up for Grabs at the Borgata Poker Open Championship Event

Last year, Atlantic City's Borgata was not included in the World Poker Tour's lineup, but this year is bound to be different.  This year, 2009, WPT will see its players at this prestigious hotel in Atlantic City, The Borgata, for a 16-day tournament series, from September 9, 2009 to September 24, 2009.  With a guaranteed prize pool of two million dollars, this event is sure to see poker players from all over the world battling it out at the felt battleground, the poker tables.

The Borgata Casino's Return

Last 2005, Borgata held a very successful poker tournament that piqued the interest of many poker player worldwide, and because of the huge success it created, Borgata is aiming for the same.  But this time, things are a bit different, especially since this casino/hotel is going to be one of the WPT lineups. [Read][more][...]

Tips to Improve Your Play in Poker Tournaments

Nowadays, playing poker is not only considered a hobby, but it is also considered a source of income.  Many professional poker players live off of their winnings, and, in a study done by a prominent online gambling portal, there now a lot of college students who are also playing online poker who make use of their winnings to pay for their education and daily allowance.

Knowing the fact that online poker winnings can augment the needs of many people, the importance of practicing and honing your skills before a poker tournament is being emphasized by many professionals in the poker industry.

Importance of Practicing

It cannot be denied that our brains need the challenge.  Without stimulations and challenges, a poker player's power to concentrate can drop, and he will usually see this drop in his concentration level when he starts to notice that he is getting a significant number of bad beats against his win rates.  [Read][more][...]

Qualifying Games for World Open V Tourney from PartyPoker.com

Party Poker is the premier online poker site worldwide.  Their popular poker games include Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha and Seven-Card Stud; which can be all played by both beginners and experts.

True to form, Party Poker holds tournaments for all its players from anywhere in the world.  These are normally tourneys that are available on their site.  However, Party Poker also holds special World tourneys where qualified players will get to compete foe even bigger prizes and the prestigious title of being the grand champion in said tourney.

PARTY POKER'S WORLD OPEN V

Come October of this year, the 5th World Open from Party Poker will be held in London, starting on October 11 all the way to 15.  Some of the world's best poker players have by now verified their participation.

Roland de Wolfe, a recurrent world champion in several poker tournaments and a past contributor to Inside Edge; Thomas Wahlroos, a constant placer in world poker tourneys; [Read][more][...]

Asian team “Poker Pack” attends the APT

In the world of poker, people will instantly recognize the formidable teams of the Full Tilt and PokerStars. However, with the Asian Poker Tournament being held in Macau this coming August 12 to 15, the team Poker Pack will have a chance to show their skills to the whole world. The Poker Pack is composed of six Asian elite poker players who had made a mark in the World Poker Tournaments and are trying to spread the APT in Asia much the same way as their counterparts in the United States.

The Poker Pack team is very much recognized in the world of poker. Heading this team is J.C Tran who had carved his name in the list of best poker players in the world by winning some tournaments in the United States. Gaining two World Series of Poker bracelets as well as winning in the World Poker tournament, J.C. Tran impressed millions of people with his skills in the game and has been recognized as one of the best players today. His winnings during his entire career are a total of $7.8 million and with the coming APT tournament his winnings may just increase. [Read][more][...]

Heads Up Update and a Mish Mash

The NBC Heads Up Championship has eliminated more than half the field.  Some of the big name players have been turned out and some are still alive and playing.  The Miracle player Blandino Gines was eliminated the first day by Barry Greenstein and now Barry has joined him on the sidelines.  Others are still in the fight like the well-known Daniel Negreanu.  Skill is at a premium, but getting some good cards at the right time will go a long way.  The interesting story about this tournament is it will not be aired on TV until April of 2009.  By then it will be over and the new champion will be known for over a month.

Another news bit is the coverage of the latest lady poker player in the pro ranks doing so well playing in the tournaments and getting an offer to be in the Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illustrated.  Vanessa Rousso is hot in more ways than one as a poker player, still alive in the Heads Up Championship, as a very nice looking woman and as a Law Student at the University of Miami.  This lady has it all going in the right direction.  That is a lot of activity going on in one person's life male or female. [Read][more][...]

Holdem tournaments vs Ring Holdem

What is the major difference between a ring or cash game and a tournament in the game of Holdem?  The games are technically played the same and the card values are the same, so what is different in the games.  The one difference is the player can rebuy as long as they want and never be forced out of the game even if all the chips in the present stack are lost.  When the stack is lost in a tournament, the player is knocked out of the game permanently.  The fear of being knocked out of the game can be a determining factor on whether a player will call or raise or not.

Online you see a great many all in bets as the game is played with a great deal of pressure.  In live tournaments the online players play the same and the old timers took a while to get use to the pressure these young online players brought to the game.  They still do not fold if they think they have the winner, no matter what is bet.  However the fear of getting knocked from the tournament is an ally in the betting sequence.  [Read][more][...]

A Genuine Story Inside of the NBC National Heads-Up Championship

NBC National Heads-Up Championship starts this weekend (5th thru 8th) and places some of Professional Pokers top players in a Heads-Up elimination situation.  The 64 players can be broken down into Pro Players, Celebrities and winners of Satellite tournaments.   The Poker Pros is a list of well known players who have won many of the most prestigious poker tournaments between them.   There are three online satellite winners with one of them being a great story that proves the idea of «Only in America»

Blandino Gines, a 52 year old out of work handy man, won entry by playing in a free satellite tournament at Poker Stars.  He outlasted a huge field, by moving up over again in elimination tournaments, until he finally beat the last other survivor in the tournament.  This win was worth $1000, a flight to Las Vegas and four nights at Caesars for a party of two.  The best part of the win was the entry into the tournament, which amounted to $20,000. [Read][more][...]

How Some Player Get Entry Help to Some Tournaments.

If a player is looking for entry help in a tournament, there are two ways to get this help.  The player can enter a small entry fee satellite and win it, thereby getting the entry in the tournament.  The other way is to pay the full entry fee straight up and guarantee that you will get to play.   This is the problem if the player cannot come up with the full fee.  Many players can go to their friends and sell percentages of themselves for the tournament.  But what if that does not work out.

The answer could be a website called ChipMeUp and offer to sell a percentage to people who want to invest in a good player for a big tournament.   This is an interesting way to get the fee for a big tournament and not bother your friends.

Many name players have used this fee service to get money for a specific tournament.

If the player does well in the tournament, the investors get their money back with a very decent return.  [Read][more][...]

Sunday Night is the First High Stakes Poker Game of the 2009 Series

This 2009 season first that will appear on Sunday Night is a long awaited event by many avid poker players who enjoy the skill and daring players exhibit on this show.  Rumors are about that the stakes to sit down are going to be higher and this means that there will be some outrageously major size pots.  With more money in the game the temptation on solid hands will be to wager a good deal more to get as much profit out of the hand as is possible.  Two big hands that come together in the same pot will cause fireworks and the winner will smile and the loser will have to suck it up and play on.  Since this is the players' money the hurt will be real in terms of losing their own money and also doing poorly on the show.  Every player at this game has an ego to prove in real money that they are as good or better than any other player at the table.  The money score will tell the tale that is for sure.  Some of these players can easily afford the loss they may endure, but some are not as well off as the others.  [Read][more][...]

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